David Froomkin
Assistant Professor of Law
David Froomkin is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Political Science. He is an expert on the design of democratic institutions, with primary scholarly interests in administrative law, constitutional law, and the law of democracy. His research focuses on the structure of government and of the electoral process, drawing on political science and political economy as well as analysis of the text and structure of the Constitution. He currently teaches courses on criminal law, election law, and constitutional design.
David received a B.A., cum laude, from Columbia University in 2015, a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2022, and a Ph.D. in Political Science (awarded departmental distinction and university distinction) from Yale University in 2024. His dissertation received the Leonard D. White Award from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public administration.
His scholarship has been accepted for publication in the Iowa Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Yale Journal on Regulation, and Political Studies, among other journals. His current book project, titled Madison’s Mistake: Restoring the Separation of Powers, develops a new conceptual and normative theory of the separation of powers as a government structure that can reinforce rather than vitiate legislative supremacy.
David is frequently asked to comment on current issues in constitutional law and election law in both local and national media. The extensive national media coverage of his commentary on Texas's 2025 redistricting process was recognized with a 2026 AMA Crystal Award.
